ESPN Milwaukee’s Jason Wilde believes that wide receiver James Jones may be the Packer who will most benefit if free agent rules revert to those of 2009.
Had he been a restricted free agent, the 2007 third-round pick might have returned, with the team having the right to match any offer after tendering him. Instead, if he’s unrestricted, the guess here is a receiver-poor team will pay him starter’s money despite his propensity for ill-timed drops that landed him in the Packers’ doghouse last season.
That would price him out of Green Bay. With Jordy Nelson’s late-season emergence and impending free agency after the 2011 season, along with the selection of receiver/returner Randall Cobb in the second round of the April draft, the only way Jones comes back is if the market just isn’t there for him.
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